Gear Selector Problem

[Gilesy]

Hi all, I am new here and this is the issue I am having.
I was idling at a stop light, I was in neutral, when I put the car into drive, there was a slight two second delay before it went forward but all was well.
Later on, my dash lights lit up, turned off and i rolled to a stop, the car would not engage into drive.
The shift selector shows "N" when I put it into drive. The shift selection behaves normally in park, reverse, neutral, but when I put it into drive, the car wont go forward and the selector says it's in neutral "N".
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[gscmc]

Not sure I can help you, but for those that can, you may want to add how many miles you have on the car. Assuming the 3.8. That may trigger some known issues that may have occurred to others at similar mileage. Does the car start and go into reverse? Maybe a linkage problem

 

[Gunkk]

Check the inhibitor switch for proper function. Pictures/info from the 2012 A8TR1 transmission repair manual.

 

[Gilesy]

Hi all, I am new here and this is the issue I am having.
I was idling at a stop light, I was in neutral, when I put the car into drive, there was a slight two second delay before it went forward but all was well.
Later on, my dash lights lit up, turned off and i rolled to a stop, the car would not engage into drive.
The shift selector shows "N" when I put it into drive. The shift selection behaves normally in park, reverse, neutral, but when I put it into drive, the car wont go forward and the selector says it's in neutral "N".
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

The milage on the car is 192000 and is a 3.8L.

 

[tscherm]

The milage on the car is 192000 and is a 3.8L.

did you ever find out the problem causing the issue? if so please do tell

 

[Roosta33]

did you ever find out the problem causing the issue? if so please do tell

Any luck on a resolution? as I am having same problem and BDS, lkas,Epb, and check engine are all on.

 

[Dqm999]

Hi all, I am new here and this is the issue I am having.
I was idling at a stop light, I was in neutral, when I put the car into drive, there was a slight two second delay before it went forward but all was well.
Later on, my dash lights lit up, turned off and i rolled to a stop, the car would not engage into drive.
The shift selector shows "N" when I put it into drive. The shift selection behaves normally in park, reverse, neutral, but when I put it into drive, the car wont go forward and the selector says it's in neutral "N".
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I had a similar issue and the shifter would get stuck from times time there is a bushing with the cable connect to the arm on the transmission and the bushing gets rusted and will not rotate freely, causing the shifter to bind up and preventing you from selecting gears. Your shift cable may have also come loose from the arm on the transmission and if the alignment is off the car won’t quite know what gear it’s in.